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September 1939 - Freddy is three, and the Second World War begins. All he knows is that his father has gone away and may not be back for some time. We see the war through Freddy's eyes - watching dogfights in the sky, playing war games, and worrying whether he will get a Meccano set for Christmas!
A New York Times bestseller by Mark Helprin, author of Winter's Tale, which is now a major motion picture starring Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, William Hurt, and Jennifer Connelly “Freddy and Fredericka is a vast, sprawling book of Homeric proportions and design in which Helprin exploits to the fullest his powers of invention as well as a lesser known talent for comedy.” —Bookreporter.com Mark Helprin’s legions of devoted readers cherish his timeless novels and short stories, which are uplifting in their conviction of the goodness and resilience of the human spirit. Freddy and Fredericka—a brilliantly refashioned fairy tale and a magnificently funny farce—only seems like a radical departure of form, for behind the laughter, Helprin speaks of leaps of faith and second chances, courage and the primacy of love. Helprin’s latest work, an extraordinarily funny allegory about a most peculiar British royal family, is immensely mocking of contemporary monarchy and yet deeply sympathetic to the individuals caught in its lonely absurdities.
Includes "A dozen questions for further discussion" at the end of the book.
Intended for shared and guided group reading, in Key Stage, 2 Y3-4/P4-5, this book features Freddy who is only three when the Second World War begins, and all he knows is that his father has gone away and may not be back for some time. By the time the war ends he is nine, and he knows a lot more. This book is one of a series, the aim of which is to resource that part of the National Literacy Strategy that calls for a shared and guided group reading of a common text within the structure of the Literacy Hour framework. The series provides multiple copies of the books for group reading, along with teachers' resource books containing both lesson plans within the Literacy Hour structure as well as supporting photocopiable activity sheets for pupils.
Mixing romance, history, and a touch of the unexplained in a new novel from Jacquie Underdown about love that needs to cross oceans and time before finding a place to come true. In 2008, 250 Australian and British soldiers are uncovered in a mass grave in Fromelles, France, lost since the Great War. One soldier, bearing wounds of war so deep it scarred his soul, cannot be laid to rest just yet. When Lucy bumps into the achingly sad soldier during a trip to France, she doesn't, at first glance, realise what he is – a ghost who desperately needs her help. Lucy can't turn away from someone who needs her, even someone non–corporeal, and they travel back together to Australia in search of answers and, hopefully, some peace. This chance meeting and unexplainable relationship sets into motion a chain–reaction of delicate coincidences that affect the intertwined lives of family, friends, and lovers in unexpected, beautiful ways.
Finalist for the 2012 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize During the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, Anson Baird, a surgeon for the Union Army, is on the front line tending to the wounded. As the number of casualties rises, a mysterious soldier named John comes to Anson's aid. Deeply affected by the man's selfless actions, Anson soon realizes that John is no ordinary soldier, and that he harbors a dangerous secret. In the bizarre aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, this secret forges an intense bond between the two men. Twenty years later on the other side of the continent, Anson discovers his old comrade-in-arms is mysteriously absent, an apparent victim of the questionable business ethics of the pioneer salmon canners. Haunted by the violence of his past, and disillusioned with his present, Anson is compelled to discover the fate of his missing friend, a fate inextricably linked to his own.
In Freddy and the Bean Home News, Freddy’s friend Mr. Dimsey, the editor of the Guardian, is ousted for publishing news of Bean Farm in the local newspaper. To ensure that those who are interested might still learn of all the goings-on, Freddy takes it upon himself to found a newspaper of his own and calls it The Bean Home News (the basis for the ever-popular Freddy Fan Club newsletter). It turns out that being a newspaperman isn’t quite as easy as Freddy thought it might be, but with typical aplomb he manages to burn the wires!
What we remember most about our youth are the friends we grew up with. What we treasure most are the friends we still have from that special time and place. And when we are challenged with the conventional wisdom that friendship is too commonplace, too mundane to make a good story, we respond, Oh, but you dont know my friends! Freddy and Mike is the story of two friends growing up in the 1950s. An unlikely pair at first meeting, they become inseparable, surviving trials of fire by tapping unknown reservoirs of strength, and enjoying a secret which few discover. Freddy and Mike begins when the two ten-year-old boys meet in the small Midwestern town they call home. They come from different backgrounds. One belongs to the traditional family of that era where dad works and mom stays home to run the household. The other lives with his mother, his fathers whereabouts unknown. Mother and son suffer the double stigma of being poor and of having a working mother as the single provider. As the story progresses, each boy, in turn, learns that he can achieve what he thought was impossible if he depends on the other and accepts help that is offered without conditions. Laughter, pain and sorrow all play integral parts in forming and sustaining Freddy and Mike. And when the last page is read, the reaction will be a genuine smile. In todays world of sound-bite news, intimate conversations via cell phone, and 24/7 lives everywhere; friendships and relationships are hard to come by and even harder to maintain. Come live in Freddy and Mikes world for awhile. Then go see those who were so special to you, and can be again.
The first novel in Hebert's acclaimed Darby series